Farm & Food

It should be no surprise that November so far has been much warmer than normal, according to Ormstown weatherman Peter Finlayson. The average temperature for the first two weeks of the month was 8.2°C, and this compares with a normal of 3.3°C (and 2.3°C for 2014). The second half of the month will be cooler so that the exceptional temperatures of the first week will be brought down a few degrees but it is quite likely that November will end up being much warmer than usual. Precipitation for the month so far is 30 mm, which is also about normal. The last of the corn and soybean crops have been coming off nicely and lots of ploughing has been underway as farmers get field work wrapped up for another year.